The English Historical Review

12 May 2025

Please note: EHR no longer has a physical office, so please don't send books to the Oxford address. If you would like us to consider your publication for review in the journal, email the details to ehr@history.ox.ac.uk. We will still supply print copies of books to reviewers wherever possible.

academic.oup.comMagic, Witchcraft and the Occult in Pre-modern England*The fields of magic, witchcraft and the occult have enjoyed an almost total regeneration and reimagining over the last fifty-five years or so; certainly si

New Review Article! Jo Edge @hagenilda.bsky.social on 'Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult in Pre-modern England' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

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Love Spells and Lost Treasure: Service Magic in England from the Later Middle Ages to the Early Modern Era. By Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org

The Magic of Rogues: Necromancers in Tudor England. By Frank Klaassen and Sharon Hubbs Wright and Everyday Magicians: Legal Records and Magic Manuscripts from Tudor England. By Frank Klaassen and Sharon Hubbs Wright @psupress.bsky.social

New Review Article! Jo Edge @hagenilda.bsky.social on 'Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult in Pre-modern England' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

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The Witches of St Osyth: Persecution, Betrayal and Murder in Elizabethan England. By Marion Gibson @universitypress.cambridge.org

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At French History we're appointing a new Co-Editor and a new Associate Editor in the history of France and/or the Francophone world in the post-1789 period. Deadline 16 Nov. Do get in touch if you have any questions! Links posted below. 🧐📚📖👋✉️💾✍️🖥️🇫🇷 @frenchhistory.bsky.social academic.oup.com/fh

academic.oup.comFrench History | Oxford AcademicThe official journal of the Society for the Study of French History. Publishes contemporary debates from an international range of scholars, covering the entire chronological range of French history f...

academic.oup.comTheir Majesties and the Metropole: King Lewanika of Barotseland in Britain and the Coronation of King Edward VII, 1902*Abstract. In 1902, King Lewanika of Barotseland travelled from the Upper Zambesi floodplain and his central African capital Lealui to London to attend the

New article! Jonathan M Jackson on 'Their Majesties and the Metropole: King Lewanika of Barotseland in Britain and the Coronation of King Edward VII, 1902' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

giftarticle.ft.comGreat Powers: A History of Britain and Germany — a corrective to the clichés of enmityJan Rüger’s convincing, nuanced account tackles persistent German-bashing to take readers back before the world wars — and remind us of British double dealings

Congratulations to our editor Jan Rüger on the publication of his new book!

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A lovely @financialtimes.com review by @philipstephens.bsky.social of my wonderful @enghistrev.bsky.social colleague Jan Rüger's new book on Germany & England: 'fine', 'well-crafted' 'fluent', 'subtle', 'rich', 'deft', 'intelligent'. Couldn't agree more.

medievalists.netChris Wickham, Leading Historian of Medieval Europe, Passes Away - Medievalists.netChris Wickham, one of the most influential historians of medieval Europe, has passed away. His research transformed how scholars understand the transition from the Roman Empire to the Middle Ages, whi...

EHR notes with sadness the passing of medievalist Chris Wickham. www.medievalists.net/2026/10/chri...

academic.oup.comAtheism in the Visual Culture of Early Modern England*Abstract. This article investigates atheism, nature and the body in the visual culture of early modern England. In printed books, broadsheets, mezzotints a

New article: Patrick Seamus McGhee on 'Atheism in the Visual Culture of Early Modern England' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... #atheism #earlymodern @ishash.bsky.social

academic.oup.comFrom Stalin to Gorbachev: The Cold War, ‘New Thinking’, the Balts, and the Soviet Breakup*If the Cold War is seen primarily as a struggle by all means short of direct military conflict between the United States and its allies, on the one hand, a

June Issue, Reflections: 'From Stalin to Gorbachev: The Cold War, "New Thinking" the Balts, and the Soviet Breakup' by Archie Brown academic.oup.com/ehr/article/...

academic.oup.comDeclarations of Independence: New Histories of the Atlantic Republics on the 250th Anniversary of 1776*This year, President Donald Trump will lead celebrations of the sepquentenniel (250th) anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence. A showman with a

June Issue, Reflections: 'Declarations of Independence: New Histories of the Atlantic Republics on the 250th Anniversary of 1776' by Timothy Gibbs academic.oup.com/ehr/article/...

academic.oup.comThatcherism and the Picket Line*Abstract. This article explores the relationship between Thatcherism and the picket line. The picket line in late twentieth-century Britain was a space in

June Issue: 'Thatcherism and the Picket Line' by Diarmaid Kelliher @diarmaidkelliher.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/article/...

academic.oup.com‘Public Opinion in England Is Seriously Roused’: Popular Attitudes and National Stereotypes during the Metropolitan-Vickers Crisis of 1933*Abstract. When six British engineers working in the Soviet Union, along with several local contractors, were arrested, interrogated and tried for the crime

June Issue: ‘"Public Opinion in England Is Seriously Roused’" Popular Attitudes and National Stereotypes during the Metropolitan-Vickers Crisis of 1933' by David Vessey @davidcvessey.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/article/...

academic.oup.comHierarchies of Desirable Demise: Cholera and (In)Glorious Death in Romania’s Bloodless Balkan War, 1913*Abstract. What happens when war fails to offer the opportunity for a glorious death? And what if the enemy you set out to fight fails to show up, only for

June Issue: 'Hierarchies of Desirable Demise: Cholera and (In)Glorious Death in Romania’s Bloodless Balkan War, 1913' by Andrei Sorescu @adsorescu.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/article/...

academic.oup.comAn O’Connellite Empire? Irish Nationalism, British Imperial Trouble, and the Limits of Anti-Imperialism in the Age of Reform *Abstract. This article explores the way Irish nationalists in the 1830s and 1840s understood and condemned British imperial policy in times of trouble, whi

June Issue: 'An O’Connellite Empire? Irish Nationalism, British Imperial Trouble, and the Limits of Anti-Imperialism in the Age of Reform' by Jay R. Roszman @jayroszman.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/article/...

academic.oup.comImagining the ‘Happy Valley’: Paraguayan Isolation and the British Periodical Press, 1814–1840*Abstract. This article considers British interest in Paraguay during the rule of its first dictator Dr José Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia (1814–1840). At Fra

June Issue: 'Imagining the "Happy Valley": Paraguayan Isolation and the British Periodical Press, 1814–1840' by Alex Chase-Levenson academic.oup.com/ehr/article/...

academic.oup.comSelling Education in England, 1650–1715*Abstract. In the period 1650–1715, a growing consensus emerged that educational culture in England did not meet the needs of the population, and that chang

June issue: 'Selling Education in England, 1650–1715', by John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/article/...

academic.oup.comIssues | The English Historical Review | Oxford AcademicThe oldest journal of historical scholarship in the English-speaking world. Publishes original and exciting research relating to all parts of the world and all forms of historical inquiry from the Cla...

Our June issue is finally out, here and in print. Six articles, two Reflections and a full slate of book reviews! academic.oup.com/ehr/issue

academic.oup.comGender in Scotland, 1200–1800, ed. Janay Nugent, Cathryn Spence and Mairi CowanThis book marks an important contribution to the fields of women’s and gender history in Scotland. Encompassing an ambitious chronological sweep, it demons

Emma Trivett reviews 'Gender in Scotland, 1200–1800', ed. Janay Nugent, Cathryn Spence and Mairi Cowan @historianmairi.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @edinburghup.bsky.social

academic.oup.comThe Capitalist Self: The Social Origins of Financial Capitalism in Early Modern England, by Craig MuldrewIn 1998, with the publication of his first book The Economy of Obligation, Craig Muldrew transformed our understanding not only of early modern debt and cr

Jane Whittle @jwhittle.bsky.social reviews 'The Capitalist Self: The Social Origins of Financial Capitalism in Early Modern England', by Craig Muldrew academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @universitypress.cambridge.org

academic.oup.comThe Road to Empire: The Political Education of Khalsa Sikhs in the Late 1600s, by Satnam SinghSatnam Singh’s study focuses on the intellectual production of the court of Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs, and the founder of the Khalsa c

Purnima Dhavan reviews 'The Road to Empire: The Political Education of Khalsa Sikhs in the Late 1600s', by Satnam Singh academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @ucpress.bsky.social

academic.oup.comOfficers, Entrepreneurs, Career Migrants, and Diplomats: Military Entrepreneurs in the Early Modern World, ed. Philippe Rogger and André HolensteinMilitary entrepreneurship, the business of war and the privatisation of state functions in early modern Europe have been the focus of much scholarly attent

Jaakko Björklund @jaakkob.bsky.social reviews 'Officers, Entrepreneurs, Career Migrants, and Diplomats: Military Entrepreneurs in the Early Modern World', ed. Philippe Rogger and André Holenstein academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @dgb-history.bsky.social

academic.oup.comBeing the Heart of the World: The Pacific and the Fashioning of the Self in New Spain, 1513–1641, by Nuno VallenCovering the period from the sighting of the Pacific in 1513 until the resumption of transoceanic trade in 1641, Being the Heart of the World analyses how

Alexander Samson @samsonaws.bsky.social reviews 'Being the Heart of the World: The Pacific and the Fashioning of the Self in New Spain, 1513–1641', by Nuno Vallen academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @universitypress.cambridge.org

academic.oup.comConverting Rulers: Global Patterns, 1450–1850, by Alan StrathernIn this book, Alan Strathern follows up on his 2019 Unearthly Powers, a work which set out to develop a model for understanding how religion and political

Nicholas Terpstra reviews 'Converting Rulers: Global Patterns, 1450–1850', by Alan Strathern academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @universitypress.cambridge.org

academic.oup.comThe Marital Knot: Agunot in the Ashkenazi Realm, 1648–1850, by Noa Shashar, tr. Sara FriedmanNoa Shashar examines an early modern legal scenario that might initially appear marginal to historians outside the field of Jewish studies: Jewish women wh

Verena Kasper-Marienberg reviews The Marital Knot: Agunot in the Ashkenazi Realm, 1648–1850, by Noa Shashar academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @brandeispress.bsky.social

academic.oup.comVenice and the Dalmatian Hinterland: Spalato, Poglizza, Almissa and Clissa (Late 15th–Early 16th Century), by Lena SadovskiDespite innumerable studies of the history of the Republic of Venice produced during some two centuries of professional historiography, this topic does not

Filip Novosel reviews 'Venice and the Dalmatian Hinterland: Spalato, Poglizza, Almissa and Clissa (Late 15th–Early 16th Century)', by Lena Sadovski academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @dgb-history.bsky.social

academic.oup.comLanguages, Identities and Communication in the Age of Bede*Abstract. This article seeks to address the underexplored role of language as a marker of identity in the early medieval period by focusing on England in t

New article from Francesca Tinti @francescatinti.bsky.social : 'Languages, Identities and Communication in the Age of Bede' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... #medieval

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Sara Lipton

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5 Sept

My colleague, mentor, best buddy and surrogate father. A massive loss for Stony Brook, medievalists, the academy at large, and for me personally, and all his many friends. But what a life well lived.

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newsday.comJoel Rosenthal, longtime Stony Brook University history professor, dies at 91Joel Rosenthal was a founder of the school's women's studies program and three-time chair of its history department.

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Katrin Horn

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academic.oup.comSpeculative Endeavors: Cultures of Knowledge and Capital in the Long Nineteenth Century, ed. Selina Foltinek, Karin Hoepker and Katrin HornThis edited collection examines the ways in which people in the nineteenth-century United States engaged in the act of speculation as a form of knowledge c

"the presentation of diverse approaches to the core concept of speculative endeavours strengthens its clarion call to historians to expand methodologically in the pursuit of our own knowledge creation" Thank you @katiefapp.bsky.social and @enghistrev.bsky.social for this thoughtful review!

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Katherine Fapp @katiefapp.bsky.social reviews 'Speculative Endeavors: Cultures of Knowledge and Capital in the Long Nineteenth Century', ed. Selina Foltinek, Karin Hoepker and Katrin Horn @katrinhorn.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @manchesterup.bsky.social

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Caitlin Ellis

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academic.oup.comMaritime Exchange and the Making of Norman Worlds, ed. Philippa Byrne and Caitlin EllisMaritime history has not traditionally informed studies of the Normans and their diasporas across Europe, with just a few exceptions. Of course, the origin

What a lovely, thoughtful review of the book informally known as 'Normans at Sea'

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Susan Raich Sequeira reviews 'Maritime Exchange and the Making of Norman Worlds', ed. Philippa Byrne and Caitlin Ellis @medivalist.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @brepols.net

academic.oup.comPrint Magic and Secularisation in Late Colonial India*Abstract. A new genre of magic publications became prominent in the vernacular print culture of India in the aftermath of the First World War. It consisted

New article! Markus Daechsel on 'Print Magic and Secularisation in Late Colonial India' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

academic.oup.com‘Aryan Ararat’: ‘Racial Humanitarianism’ for the Armenians in Late Victorian Discourse (1876–1901)*Abstract. This essay shows that, during the concluding decades of the nineteenth century (1876–1901), various Victorian writers, scholars and politicians s

New article: Oded Y. Steinberg on '"Aryan Ararat": "Racial Humanitarianism" for the Armenians in Late Victorian Discourse (1876–1901)' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

academic.oup.comFerdinandus Rex Belgarum Primus: The Imaginary Succession of the Infante Don Fernando de Austria (1529–1530)*Abstract. This article analyses the genealogical process that turned Charles V’s second-born son Fernando (1529–30), who died in infancy, into the bearer o

New article: Liesbeth Geevers on 'Ferdinandus Rex Belgarum Primus: The Imaginary Succession of the Infante Don Fernando de Austria (1529–1530)' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

academic.oup.comİbrahim Pasha (c.1495–1536) as Ser‘asker and Ser‘asker-Sultan: The Ottoman–Habsburg Rivalry for the Roman Imperial Dignity in Ideology and Diplomacy*Abstract. The early sixteenth century saw the simultaneous rise of two empires in the Mediterranean: one Christian, ruled by the Habsburgs, based in Spain

New article: Ebru Turan on 'İbrahim Pasha (c.1495–1536) as Ser‘asker and Ser‘asker-Sultan: The Ottoman–Habsburg Rivalry for the Roman Imperial Dignity in Ideology and Diplomacy' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

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academic.oup.comThe First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom, by David WoodmanÆthelstan is proclaimed as ‘the first king of England’ in the titles of both scholarly biographies of the tenth-century monarch published since 2010: Sarah

Conor O'Brien reviews 'The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom', by David Woodman @davidwoodman45.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @princetonupress.bsky.social

academic.oup.comReading the World: British Practices of Natural History, 1760–1820, by Edwin D. RoseNestled neatly within the cross-disciplinary world of the history of science, eighteenth- (and early nineteenth-) century studies, and the history of the

Stephanie Holt @stephholtnh.bsky.social reviews 'Reading the World: British Practices of Natural History, 1760–1820', by Edwin D. Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @upittpress.bsky.social

Susan Raich Sequeira reviews 'Maritime Exchange and the Making of Norman Worlds', ed. Philippa Byrne and Caitlin Ellis @medivalist.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @brepols.net

academic.oup.comLate Medieval Lodgings Ranges: The Architecture of Identity, Power and Space, by Sarah KerrThere is much to welcome in this first full-length consideration of lodgings ranges, a phenomenon of late fourteenth- to mid-sixteenth-century greater hous

Jane Grenville reviews 'Late Medieval Lodgings Ranges: The Architecture of Identity, Power and Space', by Sarah Kerr @sarahkerr.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social

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New article! Ebru Turan on 'İbrahim Pasha (c.1495–1536) as Ser‘asker and Ser‘asker-Sultan: The Ottoman–Habsburg Rivalry for the Roman Imperial Dignity in Ideology and Diplomacy' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

5 Sept

We are sorry to note the passing of medievalist Joel T. Rosenthal of Stony Brook University on 20 August.

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Reading Museum

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4 Sept

Haven’t got tickets for the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum? Don’t worry you can visit Reading's full-size copy, faithfully embroidered by 35 women in 1885-86 (plus extra pants!) Or latest blog compares the two tapestries www.readingmuseum.org.uk/blog/comparing-bayeux-and-reading-tapestries

readingmuseum.org.ukComparing the Bayeux and Reading tapestriesReading’s Bayeux Tapestry is a full-size copy of the original 11th century tapestry. It was created in 1885-1886 by 35 women of the Leek Embroidery Society 'so that England should have a copy of its o...

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Catholicisms, c.1450–c.1800

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2 Sept

'Hammond does far more than provide a political narrative with Catholics at its centre ... Students and scholars alike will find this study readable and of value.' Review in @enghistrev.bsky.social of volume 3 in the @catholicismsem.bsky.social series. #history #skystorians #CathHist #earlymodern

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Susan Doran reviews 'Catholic Nobles and the Elizabethan State, 1558–1588: Northern Affinities and the Politics of Religion', by Wilfred Hammond academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social

academic.oup.comCatholic Nobles and the Elizabethan State, 1558–1588: Northern Affinities and the Politics of Religion, by Wilfred HammondOrganised for the most part chronologically, Wilfred Hammond’s book examines the impact of key events in Elizabeth I’s reign on the Catholic nobility. Howe